What happend to D?

[95huskers]

Last year colectively the defense had 50 sacks. Why this year same coach, alot of the same players, arent we getting similar results?

 

[DJR313]

There was an article I read with Cosgrove the other day. A lot of it had to do with a change in how team's were game planning. Less 7 step drops to neutralize the pass rush. Last year, there were a ton of sacks and TFL's, but a ton of big plays given up. I think the yardage and points allowed per game is very similar at this point, but I will check to see if that is accurate.

 

[Alex 4.0]

no Le Kevin? I dunno, I have been trying to figure this out all year. Le Kevin was good on the interior line, demanded some extra attention along with carriker.... beats me, I sure do miss seein the bones thrown in the backfield though.

 

[DaveH]

There was an article I read with Cosgrove the other day. A lot of it had to do with a change in how team's were game planning. Less 7 step drops to neutralize the pass rush. Last year, there were a ton of sacks and TFL's, but a ton of big plays given up. I think the yardage and points allowed per game is very similar at this point, but I will check to see if that is accurate.

What he said.

When you get 50 sacks one year, you'd be a fool to think teams are just going to do the same things that burned them last year. Quick passes, draws, etc, etc.

I know points per game is about 5-7 less than last year if I remember right. Just looked at that the other night.

 

[DJR313]

2005: 332 ypg allowed, 21 pts per game allowed

2006: 342 ypg allowed, 17.7 pts per game allowed

The yardage per game factors in the yardage from sacks and tackles for loss. If you look at it like this, the defense is better? Weird.

 

[gamecocks]

We could tell teams were starting to adjust to our defense at the end of last year. The sacks per game started going down in the last four games of the 05 season. Teams start doing shorter drops, more max protection, and double Carriker. Factor in that we seem to be blitzing less because our secondary is less than par right now and we start to see why our sack total is less than last year.

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

We could tell teams were starting to adjust to our defense at the end of last year. The sacks per game started going down in the last four games of the 05 season. Teams start doing shorter drops, more max protection, and double Carriker. Factor in that we seem to be blitzing less because our secondary is less than par right now and we start to see why our sack total is less than last year.

:yeah Bingo! Trying to gameplan around the secondary is the main reason. Plus there have been several near misses where Carriker, Moore and company have been a step late from getting a sack.